Some letters, there are an abundance of words that fight for top billing. Other letters have ones that instantly rise to the top as the singular choice. And then some letters really require some thought, maybe even some application of head to wall to really draw out something worthy.
J, for me, falls into that last category. Sure, I could pick something easy like Jerk or Joker. While descriptive of yours truly, they don't really rise to the occasion of being "right" for this. So.
Forehead, meet wall. Wall, meet forehead. Who am I kidding – you're well acquainted. In fact you are both already working to reshape one other. Kind of like people and their pets looking alike, right?
Right.
So, there was much flip-flopping and finally it can be told that….
wait for it….
wait for it….
J is for Jocular.
1 : given to jesting : habitually jolly or jocund
2 : characterized by jesting : PLAYFUL
synonym see WITTY
There we go. Like Joker, only more erudite.
–Robert